By New Haven Register
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
BRANFORD — Police raided a West Main Street restaurant Tuesday and broke up an illegal poker tournament, police said.
They seized about $1,400, along with poker chips and playing cards, from the SBC Restaurant at 850 W. Main St.
By Jacob Sullum
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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Freed from the burden of getting league permission and paying millions of dollars in licensing, fantasy sports businesses are likely to expand and proliferate. Already, the FSTA estimates, 18 million Americans play fantasy sports. Mostly they do it for fun, but they can also win prizes, ranging from bobble-head dolls to cash awards as high as $25,000.
In other words, sports fans are paying for the chance to win money in contests that hinge on the performance of professional athletes. Why isn’t this gambling?
One answer is that playing fantasy sports requires knowledge and skill. But so do sports betting and poker.
By Associated Press
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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NEW YORK – A Canadian company has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve charges that it facilitated illegal Internet gambling by processing payments for U.S. customers.
By The Lexington Dispatch
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced multiple arrests related to an alleged illegal gambling operation in Midway.
Investigators with the DCSO vice and narcotics unit Thursday seized poker tables, playing cards, poker chips and $1,748 in cash from the premises of Corporate Entertainment Solutions, 11141 Hickory Tree Road, Suite 8.
By HeraldNet
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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MILL CREEK — A Mill Creek bar owner took the safe bet and changed his mind Friday about taking on the Washington State Gambling Commission.
Stephen Dorn, owner of Jet Bar & Grill, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gambling charge. A judge suspended the one-year jail sentence and ordered Dorn to pay a $1,000 fine. He’s on probation for a year and also is prohibited from allowing any gambling at his business without a valid license.
By Brendan J. Lyons
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
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COLONIE — In a nondescript building wedged in a small strip mall along Everett Road, the Sons of Caesar social club offers more than just companionship for its “members.”
It’s a haven for poker players, with house dealers shuffling the cards and players from as far away as Syracuse eager for a piece of the action, according to players.
By PPA Administrator
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Read the latest news from the PPA as poker players from all over the country celebrate America’s card game and tell Congress that Poker is Not a Crime.
By Dan Cypra
Friday, May 30th, 2008
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The pulse of the online poker world has been centered in the Pacific Northwest in recent weeks. In the great state of Washington, former horse racing handicapper turned lawyer Lee Rousso has carried the banner for online poker, attempting to overturn a heinous state law that makes playing online poker a Class C felony, the equivalent of being convicted of child pornography. In a hearing on May 15th, a judge ultimately sided with the State; however, Rousso plans to appeal directly to the Washington State Supreme Court. Rousso joins the PocketFives.com Podcast this week to talk about the law in question and his vision of the future.
By Peter Kearns
Friday, May 30th, 2008
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“We are aware of it,” said South Precinct Lt. James Koutsky, when asked of the alleged illegal gambling taking place at the café. “And our community police team is following up on it.”
But there is a chance that what they’re doing is not illegal. According to Washington state gambling laws, it is not illegal to play poker unless the house, in this case Tong, is taking a portion of the winnings or charging a fee to play.
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By Hartley Henderson
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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Almost one year ago Ed Leyden and Joe Brennan made noise at the GIGSE conference when they announced the formation of iMEGA, a trade group formed to protect freedom of the internet. While their larger goal was to ensure that basic freedoms set out in the constitution were not infringed on just because they took place on the internet, their more immediate concern was to somehow repeal the UIGEA, which Joe Brennan called “an unjust law that was cynically crafted to provide red meat for social conservatives for the 2006 mid term elections”. The group saw the UIGEA as the start of a slippery slope that would allow Congress to pass other laws which would curtail internet growth under the guise of national security. The group may have been correct.
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